Veterans honored at Flag Day ceremony

3:54 PM,
Jun. 14, 2013

From left, Susan Ashworth helps steady her father T.O. Ashworth, a resident of the Newport Baptist Convalescent Center, as he stands to be recognized for his service in the U.S. Navy aboard the U.S.S. Mercer, a barracks ship, during Flag Day ceremonies. To Taylor's left, Kentucky Senate President Pro Tem Katie Stine, R-Southgate, shades with an umbrella as her father, Dr. Robert Kratz of Southgate, who served as a captain in the U.S. Army providing medical care in a hospital in Japan during the Korean War.

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People who helped keep the Stars and Stripes raised through their sacrifice were asked to stand, roll forward or raise a hand during June 14 Flag Day ceremonies at the Newport Baptist Convalescent Center.

A pair of U.S. Marines raised the center's U.S. flag after members of the Newport Fire Department brought an aerial truck and draped a flag from the top of the ...